Combination flat-iron and stove.



PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

E. H. RICHARDSON.

COMBINATION PLAT IRON AND STOVE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.19, 1904.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EARL H. RICHARDSON, OF ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO PACIFIC ELECTRICHEATING COMPANY, OF ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPO- RATION OF CALIFORNIA.

COMBINATION FLAT-IRON AND STOVE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed December 19, 1904. Serial No. 237,411.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL H. RICHARDSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ontario, in the county of San Bernardino and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combination Flat-Iron andStove, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is to provide an electric flat-ironwith means whereby it may be adapted for use as a stove by suitablysupporting the iron in a manner hereinafter set forth, so that the facewhich is lowermost and which acts as the heating-face of the iron can bepresented upwardly, so as to serve as a support and heating-face forcertain purposesfor example, in heating or warming small quantities ofwater or other liquid.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the combination iron and stove, showingit in position for use as a stove or heater. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof.Fig. 3 is a perspective of the stand or holder, the iron having beenremoved therefrom.

1 designates an electric laund ry-iron or flatiron provided interiorlywith any usual or suitable electric heating means (not shown) andeXteriorly with the handle 2 and connecting devices 3 for receiving andengaging the removable connecting plug 1, having the usual flexibleelectric connections or leading wires 5. The handle 2 may be of theusual shape, being desirably round in cross-section and of suitablematerial, such as wood, and is connected to the body member 7 of theiron by suitable means, such as arms 8 9, on a bar connected rigidly tothe said body member. The iron so described is preferably supportedeither by resting on its heating-sole or heatingface 10, which is inoperation the lower face, or by resting edgewise or endwise on suitablefaces 11, formed on the plug-engaging means 3, before referred to. Forpurpose of the present invention means are provided for supporting theiron in inverted position with the aforesaid face 10 uppermost andhorizontal, and to this end I provide a support holder or stand 12,having means to engage with the iron, and preferably with the handlethereof,

to support it in such a position. Said holder or stand may consist of abar or frame 13, having legs 14 spreading sufliciently to give therequisite basis of support and said bar having upturned projections 15to receive and engage the handle 2 of the iron and an upturned arm 16,having a seat or fork 17 to receive and engage one of the handle-arms 8of the iron. The projections 15 are upwardly divergent on the innerfaces, so as to form flaring seats to fit different sizes of handles,and the fork 17 is flaring or divergent, so as to tightly engagediflerent sizes of handlearms. The shape of this stand or holder may,however, be varied without departing from my invention.

The iron may be used in the ordinary manner as an iron by grasping thehandle 2. WVhen it is desired to use it as a stove, it is inverted, theflaring seats between projections 15 receiving the handle to support theiron and the flaring fork 17 engaging a handle-arm 8 to hold the iron intrue inverted position and prevent it from tilting to either side.

What I claim is 1. In combination with an electric iron having aheating-sole, supporting means for supporting the iron in invertedposition, with its sole uppermost and substantially horizontal, for thepurpose set forth.

2. In combination with an electric iron having a heating-sole, a standhaving parts engaging the iron for supporting the iron in invertedposition, with its sole uppermost and substantially horizontal, for thepurpose set forth.

3. In combination with an electric iron, having a handle, a stand havingparts engaging the handle of the iron to holdthe iron in invertedposition.

1. In combination with an electric iron, having a handle and armsconnecting the handle with the iron-body, a stand having projections toengage the handle of the iron, and having an upwardly-extending arm witha seat to engage one of said arms.

5. A stand for holding an iron in inverted position for use as a stove,comprising a frame having seats to engage the handle of the iron and afork to engage a handle-arm of the iron.

6. A stand for holding an iron in inverted l my hand, at Los Angeles,California, this 13th position for use as a stove, comprising; a 1 dayof December, 19%.

frame having seats to en 'age the handle of the iron and a fork toengaize a handle-arm of EARL RHJHARDSON' the iron, said seats and forkflaring to adapt In presence of them to different sizes of handle.ARTHUR P. KNIGHT,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set FREDERICK S. LYON.

